Scrubbing-brush.



No. $34,813.v Patented 0st. l0, i899.

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Y UNITED STATES.

PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN L. GANS, OF CONNELLSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part ef Letters Patent No. 634,813, dated october1o, 1899. Application nea November 18,1398. serrano. 696,773. (roman.)

Y To all whom, it -may concern.-

Beit known that I, JOHN L. Grans, a citizenV of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Gonnellsville, in the county of Fayette and Stateof Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in*Scrubbing and Cleaning Brushes, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had therein to the laccompanyingdrawings.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in scrubbingand cleaning brushes. v v

The object of my invention is to provide a brush of this character whichcan be operated either by the pressure of lwater or compressed air. l

A further object of my invention is to provide a brush of this characterwhich can Vbe used for the scrubbing of floors, decks, pavezo ments,cleansing of windows with Water, as

well as removing dust, dirt, dac., from woodwork, furniture, carpets,clothing, rbc.

A further object of my invention is to pro- Y vide a brush of thischaracter which is adapt- 2 5 ed for either delicate or rough work.

Brieliy described, my invention comprises a circular brush having aseries of turbine orv deiiecting plates mounted on the periphery of saidbrush, a supporting-bracket to pivot-Y ally support the brush, and theoperation of the brush by means of water or compressed air coming intocontact with the turbine or deflecting plates.

My invention iinally consists in the novel combination and arrangementof parts heref inaftermore fully described, and particularly pointed outin the. claims.

In describing the invention in detail reference is had to theaccompanying drawings,

4o forming apart of this specification, wherein like numerals ofreference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several viewsthereof, and in whichv Figure l is a side View of my improved scrubbingand cleaning brush, partly in section, showing operating means therefor.Fig. :2 is a top plan View thereof, a portion of the cover broken away,showing the turbine or deflecting plates in dotted lines. Fig. 3 is a 5oside view of the cover, showing the apertures formed therein for theinsertion therethrough of the supporting arm or bracket, and a portionof the feed-water or air pipe. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of thesupporting arm or the handle. Fig. 5 is a longitudinal sectional VViewof a portion of the brush, showing the arrangement of thewater-passages- Referring to the drawings by reference-numerals, lindicates the back of the brush, which is substantially circular information, in which the bristles 2 are secured. Connected to theperiphery .of the back by any suitable means are a series of turbine ordeflecting plates These detiec tin g-plates may be arranged in acurvilineal'manner, las shown, or they may be inclined, and are adaptedto have their upper edge abut against the plate 4, which is vsuitablysecured to the back of the brush. The plate 4 is of greater diameterthan the back 1 to allow the' edge thereof to project over the edge ofthe back. Secured to the upper face of the plate 4, at the centerthereof, by any suitable means, as at 5, is au upwardly-extendinginteriorly-screwthreaded collar 6, which is adapted to receive the screw7, havingan enlarged head 8.

9 indicates a supporting arm or-bracket for the brush, having anenlarged free end 10, whichis apertured or countersunk on its upper end,as atA 11. This enlarged portion is adapted to revolubly receive thecollar o, which is .held in position by means of the enlarged head S ofthe screw 4'7, fitting into the Y countersunk portion v11. The oppositeend of the bracket 9 is formed integral with the water or air feed pipe12, which has a suitable nozzle 13 connected thereto to its inner'end,while the opposite end thereof is exteriorly screw-threaded, as at 14,to receive the water or air supply pipe. (Not shown.) Mounted on thefeed-pipe-l2 is a valve or regulating cock 15 for regulating the flow ofwater or air to the turbine or deilecting plates.

Formed' on the periphery of the pipe 12 are 95 a pair ofsupporting-brackets 16 17 for the purpose of securing therein the handle18 for the brush by means of the set-screw 19.

2O indicates a cover or casing surrounding the brush to confine thewater or air thereto bracket, a feed-pipe nozzle, and a portion of 55IOO and is apertured, as at 2l, to allow of the insertiony therethroughof the supporting bracket or arm 9, and also apertured, as at 22, toallow of the insertion therethrough of the Water ory air feed pipe l2.

The back of the brush l has arranged therein a series of radialWater-passages 23, terminating with the periphery of said back adjacentthe turbine or delecting plates 3. Intersecting said passages is anotherseries of axially-extending passages 24, terminating between thebristles2, whereby water strik ing the tubines is deflected and causedto iiow through the passages to the'bristles.

It will be readily apparent that when the water is forced against theturbine or deiiecting plates the pressure thereof will readily revolvethe brush and the bristles willspeedily remove allfdirt or collectedforeign matter from the object desired to be'cleaned, and owing to thearrangement of the Water-passages the Water will thoroughly iinpregnatethe bristles to assist in the cleaning opera-r tion.

It will be noted that various changes may be made in the details ofconstruction With-y 'combination of a circular back provided withinterior radial water-passages and aXially-eX- tending intersectingwaterpassages, bristles secured in said back between theaxially-extending passages, a collar centrally mounted on said back, asupporting-arm revolubly connected to said collar, a series of turbinesperipherally arranged on the back and adjacent the open ends of theradial passages, and a feed-pipe connected to said supporting-arm andhaving its discharge end in close proxcircular back with a series ofturbines pef ripherally arranged thereon, said back being providedwithfinterior radial water-passages andaXially-extending intersectingWater-passages, bristles secured in said back, a supporting-armrevolubly connected to said back, a feed-pipe connected to said arm andhaving its discharge end in close proximity to said turbines, and acover inclosing said back and rigidly connected to said supporting-arm,substantially as herein shown and described.

3. In a scrubbing and cleaning brush, the combination of a circular backcarrying the bristles, of a series of turbines peripherally arranged onsaid back,'a supporting-arm revolubly connected to said back, afeed-pipe connected to said arm and having its discharge end in closeproximity to said turbines, a handle connected to said feed-pipe, and acover inclosing the back and rigidly connected to said supporting-arm,substantially as herein shown and described.

L In a scrubbing-brush, the combination of a circular back provided withinterior radial water-passages and axially-extending intersectingwater-passages, a series yof turbines connected to said back adjacent tothe open ends of the radial passages, a supporting-arm rotatablyconnectedy to thefback, a feed-pipe connected to said arm, and acircular cover rigidly connected to the supporting-arm and extendingbelow ther circular back and its turbines for inclosing the same,substantially as herein shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

JOI-IN L. GANS.

WVitnesses:

J. M. DU SHANE, T. J. BRIERLY.

